The Chicago Syndicate: Meyer Lansky
Showing posts with label Meyer Lansky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Meyer Lansky. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 04, 2019

FBI Files Show Links of Legendary Underworld Figure Meyer Lansky to Chicago

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Meyer Lansky was a powerful New York underworld figure involved in the mob’s efforts to create a nationwide network of gangsters and contro...
Monday, August 05, 2019

Attend a One-Day Conference "The Summit" to Discuss the Mob in Las Vegas at the @TheMobMuseum

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THE SUMMIT: THE MOB IN LAS VEGAS Date: September 21, 2019 Time: 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Oscar B. Goodman Room Cost: Regular pric...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Last Rites for the Mafia? Fughedaboudit!

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We were a little too quick on the trigger to give traditional organized crime its last rites. And why not? Over the past 20 years, armies ...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Bugsy Siegel Gunned Down in 1947 #OnThisDay

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A drive-by shooter unloads nine rounds through the front window of a Beverly Hills home, instantly killing notorious gangster Bugsy Siegel ....
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

The Most Dangerous Casino Mafia In History

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Bugsy Siegel is one of America’s most notorious mobsters that was single handedly responsible for several murders, illegal gambling operatio...
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Friday, December 01, 2017

Mob Fest '29: The True Story Behind the Birth of Organized Crime

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Bill Tonelli arrives on the scene with his brilliantly subversive Byliner Mob Fest ’29: The True Story Behind the Birth of Organized Crime ....
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Monday, May 01, 2017

30 Illegal Years to the Strip: The Untold Stories Of The Gangsters Who Built The Early Las Vegas Strip

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30 Illegal Years To The Strip: The Untold Stories Of The Gangsters Who Built The Early Las Vegas Strip . These are the untold inside stori...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Top 10: Gangsters

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If you browse around your local video store, you'll notice dozens of films about the Mafia. Witness the popularity of Goodfellas , The G...
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Monday, January 30, 2017

How the Mafia Dealt with J. Edgar Hoover?

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Excerpt from Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover , by Anthony Summers: To Costello, and to his associate Meyer L...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

The Democrat National Convention was almost Fixed by the Mafia

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After a dramatic Republican National Convention in Cleveland which saw Donald Trump finally become the party’s official nominee, Hillary Cli...
Monday, June 27, 2016

The grandson of Meyer Lansky is a temperature control guy in Tampa

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Gary Rapoport may be the grandson of deceased mobster Meyer Lansky, but in Tampa, he has another claim to fame. Rapoport, owner of 3-G's...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Gangsterismo - The United States, Cuba and the Mafia, 1933 to 1966

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Gangsterismo: The United States, Cuba and the Mafia, 1933 to 1966 , is an extraordinary accomplishment, the most comprehensive history yet o...
Thursday, August 06, 2015

Bugsy - The Original Gangster

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I was catching up on some old issues of the Wall Street Journal that I had not read yet, when I saw a full page ad for what they called The ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Don't Call Me Bugsy Documentary

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A curious phenomenon occurs all too often with documentary films about organized crime. Even the most rational and high-minded documentarian...
Thursday, July 09, 2015

Bringing Down the Mob: The War Against the American Mafia

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Longtime business associates Allen Dorfman and Irwin Weiner frequently lunched together. On a day in January 1983, they emerged from Dorfman...